"I like pastries to taste as good as they look," said Jan Tuman, who owns the shop with her husband Tom and daughter, Joy, 21.

That philosophy has brought the Tumans sweet success. The bake shop began six years ago at 1224 W. Ogden Ave., Naperville, when Jan saw her custom wedding cake business grow too big for her home kitchen. It now occupies 2,400 square feet at nearby 408 W. 5th Ave.

If there's an occasion to celebrate-birthday, bridal or baby shower, or retirement-the Tumans can come up with a theme cake to complement it. They get lots of practice. In a typical week the shop will send 200 cakes out the door.

Wedding cakes are a house specialty. There are dozens of designs to choose from in flavors as basic as white, chocolate and marble, or as exotic as Kahlua mocha, Kahlua White Russian, and cheesecake torte, ranging from $70 to $500. And there are off-the-menu creations.

"We love it when a bride comes in with a photo of a wedding cake from a magazine and says, `Can you do this?' " said Jan. "A good challenge keeps us fresh."

Tom has no regrets about quitting his job as production manager at a metal manufacturing company to become the shop's official cookie-baker. "It sure smells better in here," he said.